Archive: May 2013

“Life is about using the whole box of crayons.”
~RuPaul

Pastel Palette of the Sky on Awakening

This morning, Mother Nature’s palette was so soft, so pretty. My photo doesn’t quite capture the carnation pink, lavender, wisteria, and orchid. It made me think of a box of crayons.

I’m fortunate, as I get to play with crayons every day, electronically using Photoshop. “Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.”

Did you know that Crayons were first manufactured in 1903? The box sold for a nickel and contained black, brown, blue, red, violet, orange, yellow and green – the same colors in the box of eight today. The Crayola name comes from “craie,” the French word for “chalk,” and “ola,” for “oleaginous,” or “oily.” read more

“I will not take but for an answer.”
~  Langston Hughes (civil rights activist)

Last night’s beautiful, peaceful sunset

The sky, with it’s multi-layered clouds and light haze, was so interesting this morning, carrying over from last night apparently.  It almost looked like a water spout, but I don’t think so.  A beautiful morning for meditation, and I’ll post the actual sunrise below, because it too was interesting, and red … Full of love …

So, I love you, but ….  Have you ever found yourself saying this?  I recently said it to a friend, because I needed to get off the phone, “but” I didn’t want to hurt her feelings by saying so.  Turns out, this is a pet peeve of hers, and I’m not the only one who says it to her (and bless her for saying so)! read more

“Equality comes in realizing that we are all doing different jobs for a common purpose. That is the aim behind any community. The very name community means let’s come together to recognize the unity. Come … unity.”
~ Swami Satchidananda

Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone! For me, I celebrate May 5th as Grandparents Day. It is the day of passing for two of my grandparents, as well as Spencer’s grandmother. While our grandparents weren’t big party people, they loved life and family. It seems fitting that they left this earth on a day of celebration, released into the grander community in the sky. read more

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen … that stillness becomes a radiance.
~ Morgan Freeman

Back in the day, Morgan Freeman was a frequent visitor to the Virgin Islands via his modest sail boat. I met him once. He was hanging out at a local marina bar, just like everyone else. And when I came upon this quote, I knew in my heart that the radiating intelligence and aura that shines from this beautiful being likely has come from watching many a sun rise, and many a sun set. He seems to embody stillness, doesn’t he … read more

“In a very real sense, we’re all made out of sunlight.”
~ Thom Hartmann

Everything feels renewed today. Open and alive. After nearly 6 months without a dribble of rain, we finally received a good downpour yesterday morning, bringing close to an inch of rain, and apparently another shower early this morning. And I could literally feel the energy radiating from the plants and birds as I sat in this morning’s slow sunrise.

Thom Hartmann writes: “Sunlight – radiating heat, visible light, and ultraviolet light – is the source of almost all life on Earth. Everything you see alive around you is there because a plant somewhere was able to capture sunlight and store it. All animals live from these plants, whether directly (as with herbivores) or indirectly (as with carnivores, which eat the herbivores). This is true of mammals, insects, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and bacteria . . . everything living. Every life-form on the surface of this planet is here because a plant was able to gather sunlight and store it, and something else was able to eat that plant and take that sunlight energy in to power its body.” read more